Why would people of the left protest the Democrats’ convention, especially regarding issues where they say they support us, such as on abortion and LGBTQ+ rights? I was asked that question by Neil Steinberg, a page-two columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times, regarding our Sunday, August 18th march on the eve of this year’s Democratic Convention More
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The extended family of third-party presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made an explicit effort Thursday to blunt his appeal among Democratic voters by endorsing President Joe Biden en masse. Robert's sister Kerry Kennedy, daughter of former Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and niece of former President John F. Kennedy, called Biden “my hero” at an endorsement event in Philadelphia featuring at least 15 members of the Kennedy clan. “We want to make crystal clear our feelings that...
Summer Lee, the first black woman elected in Pennsylvania to the U.S House of Representatives and a strong progressive voice in Congress, handily defeated a centrist challenger in Tuesday's Democratic Party primary race. Her opponent, Edgewood Borough Councilmember Bhavini Patel, campaigned on Lee's criticisms of Israel and Biden and with the benefit of a PAC funded largely by a Republican billionaire. — Read the rest
MORNING NEWSBREAK | A state circuit judge ruled Tuesday that political parties control their primary ballots in a decision that will keep former Charleston County Sheriff’s Office Lt. Alan Ali off the county’s Democratic ballot in June. In his ruling steeped in the First Amendment, S.C. Circuit Judge George McFaddin said parties have broad discretion […]
The nomination papers of Nilesh Kumbhani, Congress' candidate for the Surat Lok Sabha seat, were rejected on Sunday after his three proposers claimed that the signatures on them were forged. Likewise, the nomination form of Suresh Padsala, Congress' alternate candidate from Surat, was also invalidated, effectively eliminating the main opposition party from the city's electoral contest.Returning officer (RO) Sourabh Pardhi said the three nomination forms submitted by Kumbhani and Padsala were...
Joe Biden's position in this election is already weakened by the fact that Hispanic, black, and young voters are abandoning him. Poll after poll has shown it, and frankly, it poses a major problem for Biden because if Trump siphons off enough support from these groups, Biden doesn't stand a chance in November—at least, not in a fair election. If these groups cease to be reliably Democratic votes, it spells real trouble for the future of the party.
Democrats may fear how Biden will perform, but their campaign is also based on delegitimizing Trump and Republicans rather than competing fairly against them.
(The Center Square) – While 28 candidates for governor have filed with the Public Disclosure Commission, only one is currently facing independent expenditures in opposition. Public records surfacing on past actions of Republican candidate Misipati Semi Bird have roused the ire of former supporter Mike McKee, who has set up a website at Bird-Docs.com to explain his change of heart. “Semi is a phenomenal speaker and we talk the same language about school boards and...
North Macedonia will head to a presidential runoff after no candidate secured enough votes to win outright in Wednesday’s first round of balloting held as the country seeks to enter into the European Union. The second round of voting on May 8 will coincide with parliamentary elections. Near-full results from Wednesday's vote showed a strong shift in favor of the candidate backed by the center-right main opposition coalition, VMRO-DPMNE. 17 MACEDONIAN POLICE OFFICERS CHARGED WITH HELPING...
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Rep. Tokuda acknowledges the necessity of the package, but she voted against aid to Israel due to the conflict in Gaza with Hamas. "I actually did vote against it, it was a very difficult one given that it included humanitarian aid. But given for some of us it was also about making a strong statement that unconditional aid given the impact of loss of life that we are seeing in Gaza,"